Matthew Kuo
Managing Consultant Software Developer at IBM
Dallas, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolMatthew Kuo is a software engineering leader with a decade of experience delivering full-stack and backend solutions for clients, now serving as a Managing Consultant Software Developer at IBM after a multi-year tenure at Dialexa. He combines hands-on engineering—APIs in Node/TypeScript, Rails, and .NET; front-ends in React/Angular; and databases from PostgreSQL to DynamoDB—with architecture experience in event-driven systems using AWS SNS/SQS, Step Functions, and RabbitMQ. Known for rapid adaptability, he has led delivery across seven client projects, grown an internship program fourfold, and coached engineers to promotions while also owning release and DevOps responsibilities using AWS CDK. Matthew contributes to notable open-source work on the diesel ORM for Rust, improving SQLite aggregate functions and CLI tooling, revealing a depth in backend systems beyond typical managerial duties. Based in Dallas, he prioritizes building meaningful products aligned with his values and often takes ownership beyond code to ensure successful outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering at Texas A&M UniversityTexas Academy of Math and Science, Texas Academy of Math and Science at University of North Texas
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Github Skills (6)
rust10
sqlite10
orm10
query-builder10
sql8
testing7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
diesel-rs/diesel
Feb 2020 - Apr 2020
A safe, extensible ORM and Query Builder for Rust
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:22 commits, 2 PRs, 32 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Matthew primarily contributed to the back-end aspects of the Diesel ORM, focusing on improvements to SQLite aggregate functions and the `diesel-cli` tool. Their work included bug fixes, such as addressing issues with the database subcommands in the CLI. They also implemented and refactored code related to the SQLite connection and raw connection, added the `SqliteAggregateFunction` trait, and improved documentation.
ormquery-builderrustpostgresqlsqlite
dialexa/pleco
Feb 2019 - Apr 2021
A collection of helpful utilities for filtering, sorting, and paginating on the database layer
Contributions:1 release, 104 commits, 51 PRs in 2 years 2 months
database
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